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assimilationist

American  
[uh-sim-uh-lay-shuhn-ist] / əˌsɪm əˈleɪ ʃən ɪst /

noun

  • assimilationists
    plural
  1. an advocate for assimilationism.


adjective

  1. relating to, supporting, or advocating assimilationism.

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At the heart of the discussion, she said, is whether Quebec sees itself "as a multicultural society" or one that is more "assimilationist".

From BBC ● Mar. 21, 2026

Similarly, the assimilationist impulses of the Jewish founders of the Hollywood studio system tell a coherent story.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026

Roberto José Andrade Franco retells the saga of Oscar De La Hoya versus Julio Cesar Chávez, landing less on the side of the former than pointing out the assimilationist façade of the Golden Boy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 21, 2025

Such communes, which rejected both straight society and a gay movement that they saw as consumerist and assimilationist, peppered late 1970s and early 1980s America.

From New York Times ● Jun. 29, 2023

In general the parents seem assimilationist and very “all-American” in their outlook, but the presence of this deeper ethnic identity should not be overlooked.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

Its sister document, El Plan de Santa Barbara, warned activists that they “must be able to relate to all segments of the Barrio, from the middle-class assimilationists to the vatos locos.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2025

The assimilationists feel constricted by their minority identity.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 28, 2021

“The assimilationists won, and Andrew was unquestionably a leader.”

From New York Times ● Aug. 30, 2020

In “Stamped from the Beginning,” Kendi divided the racists into two kinds, segregationists and assimilationists.

From The New Yorker ● Aug. 12, 2019

Fresh Off the Boat began by embracing both the assimilationists and the holdouts among the Asian diaspora—there wasn’t a wrong way to be an immigrant.

From Slate ● Nov. 9, 2018

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